Condom Research: Great Moments in Wasteful Spending…or Great Moments in Bizarre Regulation?

Daniel J. Mitchell | Jan 13, 2014

Every so often, I share stories about the ridiculous and outrageous way in which the federal government squanders our money.

Forcing taxpayers to pay millions of dollars for pro-Obamacare and pro-IRS propaganda.
Doing interviews – at a per-person cost of $6,000 – about erectile dysfunction and sticking the tab on us.
Giving disability benefits to a grown man who wants to wear diapers and live as an “adult baby.”
Squandering $400K on experimental underwear that detect cigarette smoke.
Paying 35 times the market price for some Kindles.
A $100,000 library grant to a city without a library.
Throwing $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United States.

So when I saw this New York Post story about the feds pissing away a six-figure sum on condom research, I figured this would be a perfect addition to my collection of government waste stories.

The federal government is stretching your tax dollars — in search of the perfect condom. The National Institutes of Health will spend $224,863 to test 95 “custom-fitted” condoms so every American man can choose the one that fits just right. View Full Article